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PRONUNCIATION OF PHENAKITE

phenakite  [ˈfɛnəˌkaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHENAKITE

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Phenakite is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PHENAKITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

phenakite

Phenakite

Phenakite or phenacite is a fairly rare nesosilicate mineral consisting of beryllium orthosilicate, Be2SiO4. Occasionally used as a gemstone, phenakite occurs as isolated crystals, which are rhombohedral with parallel-faced hemihedrism, and are either lenticular or prismatic in habit: the lenticular habit is determined by the development of faces of several obtuse rhombohedra and the absence of prism faces. There is no cleavage, and the fracture is conchoidal. The Mohs hardness is high, being 7.5 - 8; the specific gravity is 2.96. The crystals are sometimes perfectly colorless and transparent, but more often they are greyish or yellowish and only translucent; occasionally they are pale rose-red. In general appearance the mineral is not unlike quartz, for which indeed it has been mistaken.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHENAKITE


Amalekite
əˈmæləˌkaɪt
arkite
ˈɑːkaɪt
blatherskite
ˈblæðəˌskaɪt
brookite
ˈbrʊkaɪt
greenockite
ˈɡriːnəˌkaɪt
hellkite
ˈhɛlˌkaɪt
kight
kaɪt
kite
kaɪt
larvikite
ˈlɑːvɪˌkaɪt
laurvikite
ˈlɔːvɪˌkaɪt
malachite
ˈmæləˌkaɪt
monchiquite
mɒnˈʃiːkaɪt
onychite
ˈɒnɪˌkaɪt
parakite
ˈpærəˌkaɪt
perovskite
pɛˈrɒvskaɪt
riebeckite
ˈriːbəˌkaɪt
skyte
skaɪt
trachyte
ˈtreɪkaɪt
unakite
ˈjuːnəˌkaɪt
zincite
ˈzɪŋkaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHENAKITE

phenacaine
phenacetin
phenacite
phenakism
phenakistoscope
phenanthrene
phenarsazine
phenarsazine chloride
phenate
phenazine
phencyclidine
phene
phenetic
pheneticist
phenetics
phenetidine
phenetole
phenformin
phengite
phengophobia

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHENAKITE

black kite
box kite
burkite
fly a kite
go fly a kite
high as a kite
on the skite
power kite
red kite
samarskite
skite
stunt kite

Synonyms and antonyms of phenakite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phenakite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHENAKITE

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The translations of phenakite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phenakite» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

phenakite
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fenakita
570 millions of speakers

English

phenakite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

phenakite
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

phenakite
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фенакит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

phenakite
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phenakite
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phénacite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phenakite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Phenakit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

phenakite
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

phenakite
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phenakite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phenakite
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phenakite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फेनकाइट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fenakit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

phenakite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

phenakite
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фенакит
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

phenakite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

phenakite
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

phenakite
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

phenakite
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phenakite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phenakite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHENAKITE»

The term «phenakite» is normally little used and occupies the 144.904 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHENAKITE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phenakite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHENAKITE»

Discover the use of phenakite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phenakite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gems and Gemstones: Timeless Natural Beauty of the Mineral World
system Inorganic class Silicate grouP Willemite sPecies Phenakite gem varieties colorless Phenakite; cat's-eye Phenakite; star Phenakite comPosition Beryllium Silicate (Be2SiO4) trace element for color none hardness on mohs scale 71⁄2–8 ...
Lance Grande, Allison Augustyn, 2009
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Phenakite
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Phenakite or phenacite is a fairly rare nesosilicate mineral consisting of beryllium orthosilicate, Be2SiO4.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Gemstones: Properties, Identification and Use
PHENAKITE Be2SiO4 Phenakite (FEN-ah-kite). The name, derived from a Greek word for 'deceiver', alludes to the mineral's deceptive resemblance to quartz. A rare beryllium mineral, it is found in pegmatitic pockets in association with apatite,  ...
Arthur Thomas, 2008
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Second Report on a Cooperative Investigation of the ...
Teller County. — Cripple Creek. Petzite is doubtfully reported from the Gold King mine, but if present in the district at all it is certainly in very small amounts. ( Lindgren and Ransome, 1906.) PHENACITE [See Phenakite] PHENAKITE Crystals of ...
Rollin E. Stevens, 1960
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Phenakite
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Phenacite or phenakite is a fairly rare nesosilicate mineral consisting of beryllium orthosilicate, Be2SiO4.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
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Phosphatic Rocks in the Deer Creek-Wells Canyon Area Idaho
797-800) as (1) a muscovite- quartz vein containing phenakite, and (2) a phenakite-quartz-fluorire vein. A third vein, containing beryl and molybdenite lies outside the main granite stock and has been previously described by Landes ( 1934. pp.
Wayne Russell Lowell, 1952
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A mineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden ...
1835. Beryl. Chesterfield. One foot in diameter. E.Hitchcock: Geol. Mass., p. 506. 1838. Phenakite. Goshen. " My first knowledge of the American mineral, which I take to be phenakite, was acquired about fourteen years ago, during a visit to the  ...
Benjamin Kendall Emerson, 1896
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Field Guide to Rocks & Minerals of Southern Africa
PHENAKITE Be2SiO4 Composition: silicate Crystal system: hexagonal Hardness : 7.5-8 Specific gravity: 2.93-3 Streak: white Lustre: vitreous Named from the Greek 'phenax' meaning 'deceiver', this mineral being easily mistaken for quartz.
Bruce Cairncross, 2004
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Electronic Structure Methods for Complex Materials: The ...
More recently, the new beryllium phosphorus nitride (BeP2N4) has been synthesized at high temperature and high pressure (Pucher et al., 2010). BeP2N4 adopts the phenakite-type of structure isostructural with 13628104 and ) 3-Si3N4.
Wai-Yim Ching, Paul Rulis, 2012
10
Disilicates and Ring Silicates
When a small amount of chromium replaced part of the aluminium in the starting material, phenakite, quartz, chromium oxide and faintly green beryl were obtained, the green colour being due possibly to the replacement of Al by Cr or to  ...
William Alexander Deer, Robert Andrew Howie, J. Zussman, 1997

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHENAKITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phenakite is used in the context of the following news items.
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Riches in the La Platas?
The chunk of skarn, in addition to beryl and garnet, has traces of phenakite, epidite, quartz, tourmaline, chalcopyrite, hematite, calcite, fushalite, ... «The Durango Herald, Aug 14»
2
Kayakers Discover History-rich Ghost Ship on Ohio River
Once the U.S. entered WWII, the ship was reclaimed by the government and renamed the USS Phenakite. It spent the entire war training ... «Action Hub, Jul 14»
3
Explore the 110-year-old 'ghost ship' used by Edison
The boat, which was built in 1902 and went by the names The Celt, the Sachem and USS Phenakite, was used by Thomas Edison and Madonna but now sits ... «Daily Mail, Jul 14»
4
Kayakers stumble across 110 year old 'ghost ship'
Not only did it survive both world wars and another name change to the USS Phenakite, but scientist Thomas Edison, who invented the light ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 14»
5
Global Beryllium Market to Reach 505.6 Metric Tons by 2017 …
Follow us on LinkedIn – Beryllium, a silver-gray metallic element is extracted from the mineral beryl, bertrandite and phenakite ores and ... «PR Web, Mar 12»

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